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19 U.S.C. § 4011 — Purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to approve and implement the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua entered into under the authority of [section 3803(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3803/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to strengthen and develop economic relations between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua for their mutual benefit;
(3) to establish free trade between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua through the reduction and elimination of barriers to trade in goods and services and to investment; and
(4) to lay the foundation for further cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of the Agreement.
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to approve and implement the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua entered into under the authority of [section 3803(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3803/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to strengthen and develop economic relations between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua for their mutual benefit;
(3) to establish free trade between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua through the reduction and elimination of barriers to trade in goods and services and to investment; and
(4) to lay the foundation for further cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of the Agreement.
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**(a) Definitions; termination of designation**
(1) For purposes of this chapter—
(A) The term “beneficiary country” means any country listed in subsection (b) with respect to which there is in effect a proclamation by the President designating such country as a beneficiary country for purposes of this chapter. Before the President designates any country as a beneficiary country for purposes of this chapter, he shall notify the House of Representatives and the Senate of his intention to make such designation, together with the considerations entering into such decision.
(B) The term “entered” means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States.
(C) The term “HTS” means Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(D) The term “USMCA” has the meaning given that term in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim).
(E) The terms “WTO” and “WTO member” have the meanings given those terms in [section 3501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501&num=0&edition=prelim).
(F) The term “former beneficiary country” means a country that ceases to be designated as a beneficiary country under this chapter because the country has become a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
(2) If the President has designated any country as a beneficiary country for purposes of this chapter, he shall not terminate such designation (either by issuing a proclamation for that purpose or by issuing a proclamation which has the effect of terminating such designation) unless, at least sixty days before such termination, he has notified the House of Representatives and th
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**(a) Preferential treatment**
(1) **In general** — Eligible apparel articles wholly assembled in an eligible country and imported directly from an eligible country shall enter the United States free of duty, without regard to the source of the fabric or yarns from which the articles are made, if such apparel articles are accompanied by an earned import allowance certificate that reflects the amount of credits equal to the total square meter equivalents of fabric in such apparel articles, in accordance with the program established under subsection (b).
(2) **Determination of quantity of SME** — For purposes of determining the quantity of square meter equivalents under paragraph (1), the conversion factors listed in “Correlation: U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry Category System with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America, 2008”, or its successor publications, of the United States Department of Commerce, shall apply.
**(b) Earned import allowance program**
(1) **Establishment** — The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program to provide earned import allowance certificates to any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles in an eligible country for purposes of subsection (a), based on the elements described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Elements** — The elements referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) One credit shall be issued to a producer or an entity controlling production for every two square meter equivalents of qualifying fabric that the producer or entity controlling production can demonstrate that it has purchased for the manufacture in an eligible country of articles like or similar to any article eligible for preferential treatment under subsection (a). The Secretary of Commerce shall, if r
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 4012
Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule note set out
under section 1202 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES
Section effective Aug. 2, 2005, and to cease to have ef-
fect on date Dominican Republic-Central America-
United States Free Trade Agreement ceases to be in
force with respect to the United States, and, during
any period in which a country ceases to be a
CAFTA–DR country, to cease to have effect with re-
spect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109–53,
set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER I—APPROVAL OF, AND GEN-
ERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, THE
AGREEMENT
§ 4011. Approval and entry into force of the
Agreement
(a) Approval of Agreement and statement of ad-
ministrative action
Pursuant to section 3805 of this title and sec-
tion 2191 of this title, the Congress approves—
(1) the Dominican Republic-Central Amer-
ica-United States Free Trade Agreement en-
tered into on August 5, 2004, with the Govern-
ments of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nica-
ragua, and submitted to the Congress on June
23, 2005; and
(2) the statement of administrative action
proposed to implement the Agreement that
was submitted to the Congress on June 23,
2005.
(b) Conditions for entry into force of the Agree-
ment
At such time as the President determines that
countries listed in subsection (a)(1) have taken
measures necessary to comply with the provi-
sions of the Agreement that are to take effect
on the date on which the Agreement enters into
force, the President is authorized to provide for
the Agreement to enter into force with respect
to those countries that provide for the Agree-
ment to enter i
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